About the Authors

Sompong Sapsutthipas

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Poh Kuan Leong

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Surasak Akesowan

Affiliation Queen Saovabha Memorial Institute, Bangkok, Thailand

Ronachai Pratanaphon

Affiliation Division of Biotechnology, Faculty of Agro-industry, Chiang Mai University, Chaing Mai, Thailand

Nget Hong Tan

Affiliation Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kavi Ratanabanangkoon

kavi@cri.or.th, kavi.rtn@mahidol.ac.th

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Laboratory of Immunology, Chulabhorn Research Institute and Chulabhorn Graduate Institute, Thailand

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NHT KR. Performed the experiments: SS PKL SA RP. Analyzed the data: PKL SS RP NHT KR. Wrote the paper: NHT KR. Edited the manuscript: KR SS PKL SA RP NHT.